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3.4.2 Assumption

Based on those problems, the writer suggests a kind of solution by using comic, in order to motivate the students to understand narrative and make them feel comfortable during teaching and learning process. The writer will conduct three cycles in his research by using comic as a media of teaching to know students’ ability in producing the narrative text whether there is improvement after teaching narrative using media or not. He will ask the students to produce narrative text.

3.4.3 The Pre-test

The pre-test was conducted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. The writer divided the activities in to two parts. The first was to do Modeling of the Text, where there were three activities. The second part was to do Join Construction of the Text, where there were four activities. After conducting and observing the implementing cycle, then the writer evaluated his teaching. The evaluating is a fact-finding about the result of the action. It is an analysis to find out the influence of the narrative text for improving the students in learning writing.

A. Planning

Planning is followed up for identifying the text to find out solution for problems. This research is intended to find out: 1 The students’ response during learning process. 2 The students’ improvement of writing narrative text. 3 The students’ ability in producing the narrative text, the writer asks to the students to produce narrative text. 47 Before the Pre-test was conducted, the writer prepared a lesson plan. After arranging the lesson plan, he could determine to evaluate the teaching learning activity.

B. Acting

Acting is the performing of planned action. The researcher can change the plans after conducting one cycle when they are needed. 1 Pre-activity The writer began by greeting and checking the attendance list. He explained the purpose of the study was to understand narrative. 2 Main activity 1 Modeling of the Text In the first activities of Modeling of the Text, the writer introduced the narrative text to the students. The title of the text is “Snow White “. The theme of the story was about a beautiful girl named Snow White who was left by her Uncle and Aunt to America. Then the writer will distribute the reading text to the students. The students are grouped into several groups consists two students based. He asked them to understand the content of the story and discussed it to the writer. The story was: “Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead. One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they did not 48 have enough money to take her. So Snow White decided to run away. One day, when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast, she ran away. She went to the woods. In the woods she met the seven dwarfs. The seven dwarfs offered her to live with them. Snow White decided to live with them in the woods. Finally, they lived happily ever after.” In the second activities of Modeling of the Text, the writer asked the students to understand the generic structure of the text first. Both the writer and the students discussed the generic structure of the text. The generic structures of narrative texts are orientationexposition, complicationrising action, Sequence of eventclimax, resolutionfelling action, and resolution. In the third activities of Modeling of the Text, the writer explained about simple past tense. Then the researcher asked the students to make sentences using simple past tense as exercises before making the true narrative text. 2 Join Construction of the Text In the first activity of Join Construction of the Text, the writer asked the students to make a planning to write narrative text in a group. It was based on the text that had been given before. In this case, the students should try to explore their idea and then they should arrange the main idea every paragraph. In the second activity of Join Construction of the Text, the writer asked to the students to arrange the first draft of narrative based on the text 49 given and pay attention to the generic structure of the text and consult the work to the teacher or writer and friends. Then the writer or teacher gave suggestion. In the third activity, the writer asked to the students to discuss the suggestion given by writer or teacher and friends. They may be able to use dictionary if they have difficulties in vocabulary. In the fourth activity, the students should arrange the second draft based on the suggestion given by the writer or teacher and friends. After arranging the second draft, the students read once more carefully. Then they made the final copy. 3 Closing After arranging the second draft, the students read once more carefully, they made the final copy.

C. Observing